The 12 Days OF Vegas Pt:4

Vegas Day 7

After a relaxing sleep and a slow start to the day I headed over to the Golden Nugget. I have been finding the action at the G.N. easier than Binion’s so I usually started at the G.N. the only problem was that, as limit was very popular here, I did not always get the option of No-Limit, but today there was one table of NLH so I sat down, unfortunately nothing jumped out as odd play everything was normal, people over playing potential qualifying high hands.

High hands at the Golden Nugget like many places hand to adhere to certain criteria. The pot had to be bigger than $20 (Binion’s $10) in order for the house to rake more than the $1 towards the high hand collection. The winning hand must play both cards. High hands were everything from quads upward, so to qualify for quads the player must have a pocket pair. If the high hand was a straight flush then the player must use both their cards 7h, 9h. with the board being 6h, 8h, 10h, x, x.

This did lead to bad play along with a betting tell, if someone raises to just over $10 then tries to check it down then it is quite easy to place them on a group of hands. Equipped with this information and reasoning I played for 2hrs before the table broke around lunch time and I left with a small profit of $85.

At 2pm Binion’s was holding their usual tournament so as I was already in profit almost to the buy-in so I decided to play. About half an hour in just as the blinds were going up I found myself on the button with AsKs. There were two limpers so I decided to build the pot with an oversized bet of 500 I got one caller.

Flop – Kh, 3s, 7s.

The opponent was the perfect opponent to have in this situation, she was overplaying everything and was also relentless with betting and not allowing any cheap cards, she bets out the pot 1200 which I immediately push all-in. she calls and shows, Kd, Js.

Turn - 10d

River – Jh

I decide that every dog has their day but if she keeps thinking that hitting 9.55% is good play, then good luck to her.

Vegas Day 8

Today we headed to the strip, I only managed to play at three casino’s the first one I cannot remember its name but It held tournaments every two/three hours for $40 with a starting stack of 1500. Very similar to the pub poker which we play over here. The number of runners was in single figures which meant it would be a winner takes all SNG; I walk out of the casino with my money back after making a deal once I had got to heads up. I then head over to Caesars Palace where I end up playing one hand for 3 hrs it just so happened to be within the first 5mins. I was dealt AQos there was a limp before me so I decided to follow suit, the player to my left raised to $15 so we ended up four handed to the flop

Flop – Q, 7, 8.

The first player checks the second bets $20, just under half the pot. I call as the flop was rainbow so there was no need to stir the waters. The player to my left goes all in, he has all the other players covered. I feel it is a “go-away” bet he does not want to be called. The first player folds. The second dwells and calls all-in. I was watching the player to my left when the call was made and I noticed he was not happy, so I called aswell.

Turn - 2,

This put a flush draw on the board.

River – J.

The player who called first showed A,8. The player to my triumphantly flipped over 9,9. So I turned over my top pair and scooped in the pot for almost a triple up. I left about 3hrs later with double my buy-in.

I headed over to Treasure Island for the outdoor show of pirates getting assess kicked by a bunch of women, whilst singing and dancing. The poker room was one of the smallest I’ve come into in Las Vegas. The standard of play was defiantly below par and I lost my buy-in.
My hand was AJ I was in the cut off and raised to $12 only the button called me.

The flop J, 5, J.

I checked raised the button all- in and showed him my J – after consulting with the deal if this were allowed as we were heads up. The button called after saying he was feeling lucky. He got instant service on the turn

Turn – 10.

That’s right he called me with an under pair after I showed him a jack. So I handed him my chips and left the card room before I hit something or someone, bloody idiot. Time to go back and sleep.